Tom Skerritt

When Carol Gibbs becomes involved with religious- and political-cult leader Steve Riordan's anti-government movement, she takes her children and leaves her husband Louis. Louis, a young farmer, tries every legal and governmental means to get his children back, without success. At his wit's end, he hires private investigator Danny Leland to snatch his children from the cult.

Teenage girl who advocates sex education at her school finds herself butting heads with her mother who is seeking a spot on the school board.